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Martin Bicknell
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Martin Paul Bicknell

Born: 14 January 1969, Guildford, Surrey
Major Teams: Surrey, England.
Known As: Martin Bicknell
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium


Test Debut: England v Australia at Leeds, 4th Test, 1993
Latest Test:
England v Australia at Birmingham, 5th Test, 1993

ODI Debut:
England v New Zealand at Perth, World Series, 1990/91
Latest ODI:
England v New Zealand at Wellington, 2nd ODI, 1990/91

First-Class Debut:
7-10 June 1986, Surrey v Derbyshire, The Oval.

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2001

Best FC Batting: 110* Kent v Surrey, Canterbury, 2001
Best FC Bowling: 9-45 Surrey v Cambridge University, The Oval, 1988
Most wickets in a season: 72 (2001).

Cap 1989.
MoM Awards: Benson & Hedges Cup 1.

Tests: 2.
ODIs: 7.
Tours: England to Australia 1990-1;
England "A" to Zimbabwe 1989-90, to South Africa 1993-4.

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 05/08/1993)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    2    4   0    26   14    6.50  27.65   0   0    0   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              87     17   263    4  65.75  3-99    0   0 130.5  3.02

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 13/02/1991)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    7    6   2    96   31*  24.00  92.30   0   0    2   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              68.5    3   347   13  26.69  3-55    0   0  31.7  5.04

FIRST-CLASS
 (1986 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  253  307  76  5350  110*  23.16   1  22   89   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            8052.1 1989 22748  932  24.40  9-45   37   4  51.8  2.82

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1986 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  307  158  66  1432   66*  15.56   0   2   72   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling            2485.3  9874  402  24.56  7-30   11   3  37.0  3.97

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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One of the finest and most reliable bowlers in county cricket for more than 10 years, Martin Bicknell has played disappointingly little international cricket due mainly to bad luck with injuries in his early career.

Bicknell made his county debut in 1986, at the age of just 17. 6'3" tall, with a classical, side-on action and a good command of seam and sing, Bicknell developed from Guildford club cricket and the Surrey organised Nescafe scheme. He toured with England Young Cricketers to Sri Lanka in 1986-87 and Australia in 1987-88 and soon became a fixture in the Surrey side, taking 9-45 against Cambridge University in 1988 and winning his cap in 1989, the year he took 65 first-class wickets. This earned a place on the A tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya, where he performed with merit.

In the batsman-dominated summer of 1990, Bicknell continued his development with 67 wickets at 27, and was selected for England's tour of Australia. He performed well, and earned his one-day international debut, against New Zealand (in the same game as Phil Tufnell) in Perth, during December 1990. However, on the verge of a Test debut, he broke down with a side strain. He missed much of 1991 too, but was included in the A team to the West Indies, before dislocating his shoulder and missing the tour, though he was on stand-by for the World Cup of 1991-92. 1992 proved a better year. With 71 wickets and his career best score of 88 against Hampshire at Southampton, it was a surprise when he was omitted from the touring teams announced for that winter.

The summer of 1993 saw Bicknell's only Test caps to date. Having been 12th man at Trent Bridge, he made his debut at Leeds, starting well with the wicket of Mark Taylor. However, the Australians fought back to 653-4 and Bicknell finished with 1-155 in 50 overs of hard toil. A second innings "golden" duck, and a loss by an innings and 148 runs completed an unhappy start. However, he was retained for the following game, as one of only two seamers - Mark Ilott was the other. He performed well, though England lost again, but was forced to pull out of the following Test with a strain of his knee ligaments; an injury that subsequently saw him flown home from the A tour to South Africa. Still very much in the selectors thoughts, he struggled to return to his best form, hampered by a stress fracture of the right foot in 1994, and a further dislocation of the shoulder. He broke down in 1995 too, and was now behind players such as Gough and Cork in the pecking order, although when fit he was still a challenging proposition as 41 wickets at 21 for the season indicate. He remained injury free ("remarkably" according to Wisden) and took 66 wickets in 1996, and managed much of 1997, his benefit year, before knee ligament problems again halted his progress.

The next few years have been, perhaps, the most productive of Bicknell's career. In 1998 he took 65 first-class wickets, followed by 71 in 1999, and scored 432 runs, in the championship. Match figures of 16-119 (7-72 and 9-47) against Leicestershire at Guilford in July 2000 were the best figures recorded in England since 1956. He finished the season with 60 wickets and 500 runs, playing a vital all-round role in Surrey's retention of the County Championship.

Possibly thought to lack the pace to make him a threat at Test level, and certainly prone to injuring himself at the wrong time, in these later years Martin Bicknell became a victim of the understandable desire by the selectors to invest in youth. A return to Test cricket cannot be ruled out, as he remains as effective a performer as anyone in English conditions and is one of the most respected performers in county cricket. Career figures of over 800 wickets at under 25 each illustrate his worth with the ball, while a batting average of 21, with 18 first-class half-centuries increase his value. Recognition for his contribution to county cricket came in the form of nomination as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year for 2000. His brother, Darren, has been one of the most consistent opening batsmen in county cricket, firstly with Surrey before moving on to Nottinghamshire. (Copyright CricInfo 2001)

* Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 09:32:02 GMT


 
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